Abstract
In 1987 the Surface Flux Group of the first ISLSCP Field Experiment (FIFE) operated 22 stations at 20 sites. In 1989, 13 sites were instrumented. A variety of sensors were employed to calculate the fluxes of mass and energy. An effort was made throughout the FIFE campaign to compare sensors. A series of papers in this special issue present these group studies and efforts. These papers principally report the 1987 campaign, although two papers report station intercomparison during 1989. Additional papers examine the time‐space variability of heat, moisture, and momentum fluxes, as well as analyses of the properties of the CO2 fluxes and their relationships to water stress. In this overview paper we describe the basic methodologies of the measurements, provide details on the sensor systems used by members of the Surface Flux Group, and provide a summary of the flux articles appearing in this special issue.
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